Q: Is 756,504 a Composite Number?

Why is 756,504 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 756,504 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 19 21 24 28 36 38 42 56 57 63 72 76 79 84 114 126 133 152 158 168 171 228 237 252 266 316 342 399 456 474 504 532 553 632 684 711 798 948 1,064 1,106 1,197 1,368 1,422 1,501 1,596 1,659 1,896 2,212 2,394 2,844 3,002 3,192 3,318 4,424 4,503 4,788 4,977 5,688 6,004 6,636 9,006 9,576 9,954 10,507 12,008 13,272 13,509 18,012 19,908 21,014 27,018 31,521 36,024 39,816 42,028 54,036 63,042 84,056 94,563 108,072 126,084 189,126 252,168 378,252 and 756,504, with no remainder.

Since 756,504 cannot be divided by just 1 and 756,504, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).